Critical Design Results of Engineering Test Satellite 9 Communications Mission: for High-Speed Laser Communication, “HICALI” mission
- Paper number
IAC-19,B2,2,3,x53801
- Author
Dr. Yasushi MUNEMASA, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Yoshihiko Saito, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Alberto Carrasco-Casado, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Phuc V. Trinh, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Dimitar Kolev, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Hideki Takenaka, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Mr. Kenji Suzuki, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Toshihiro Kubo-oka, Japan
- Coauthor
Dr. Tetsuharu Fuse, Japan, NICT
- Coauthor
Mr. Hiroo Kunimori, Japan, NICT
- Coauthor
Mr. Koichi Shiratama, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Mr. Yoshisada Koyama, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Coauthor
Dr. Morio Toyoshima, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Year
2019
- Abstract
Recently, satellite broadband communication services using Ka-band are emerging all over the world, some requiring capacities in excess of 100 Gbps. With the radio bandwidth resources becoming exhausted, high-speed optical communications can be used instead to achieve ultra-broadband communications. The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan has over 20 years of experience in R&D of space laser communications with missions such as the Engineering Test Satellite VI (ETS-VI), OICETS, and SOCRATES/SOTA. We are currently developing a laser communication terminal named “HICALI” (HIgh speed Communication with Advanced Laser Instrument), aiming to achieve 10 Gbps-class space communications with a 1.5 μm-band laser beam between optical ground stations (OGSs) and the next-generation high-throughput satellite called ETS-IX with a hybrid on-board communication system using radio and optical frequencies, which will be launched into the geostationary orbit in 2021 In this paper, we describe the critical design results of “HICALI” mission for ETS-IX.
- Abstract document
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